I use Panther and Tiger on my G4 and other macs, usually switching between Omniweb, Camino and sometimes Opera. I gave up on Firefox and 10.4 Fox simply because I dont want to do jumping jacks simply in order to watch youtube or facebook videos. I am utterly fed up with what Google did to Reader, and now, gchat within gmail and even opening gmail messages has gotten flaky, unreliable. I have always used webmail and browser apps but I have simply had enough. So, some questions, hardware and software.
Hardware: I am either going to radically upgrade the G4 or buy one of the G5's I see flooding the market here. Am I really going to have great relief upgrading to Leopard on a G5 or is it only a matter of time before Google starts messing with the compatibility of browsers for Leopard, too? Between Firefox, Google and Apple "sunsetting" their products prematurely, simultaneously really, a PPC user seemingly has nowhere to turn. Incidentally, would an older IDE hard drive simply plug in and work in a G5 for migration purposes? Software: I really, really need an RSS reader that will remain reliable with Tiger. And, I really need an email program I can suck my gmail out of Google without bothering anymore with their webmail. I tried Thunderbird for a while but disliked the user interface, specifically an inability to make the text in panes larger. I have never gotten a version of Apple Mail to work with gmail. I want to leave browsing to a minimum as at this juncture none of the browsers really are pleasant. My internet days go back to vax machines and Elm mail, running Usenet off a shell, and text-only telnet. All this modeming into an ISP using my color classic. I was much happier then! I have never been so annoyed at online experience as these days. Do people use Terminal for email or any way around the suffocation of the upgrade curve? -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
